Library of America Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell HammettLibrary of AmericaOscar-winning actor Mary Astor, known for playing Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon (based on Dashiell Hammett's novel), was born #OTD in 1906. Writer of 5 novels and 2 best-selling memoirs, she had a scandalous affair with playwright and LOA author George S. Kaufman. https://t.co/CLl4XUTCCG
Paperback, 1989
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The Scarlet Letter: A Romance
Nathaniel HawthorneLibrary of AmericaNathaniel Hawthorne's THE SCARLET LETTER was first published #OTD in 1850. Back in 2016, for our blog, David Denby wrote about what it was like to read the book with a contemporary high school English class: https://t.co/hGuFYjIVWL
Paperback, 2016
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington IrvingLibrary of AmericaWashington Irving, author of “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” was born #OTD in 1783. Among the first American writers to gain fame in Europe, he was called by Thackeray the “ambassador whom the New World of Letters sent to the Old.” https://t.co/4K3klQer6P https://t.co/O6xgZYyrgU
Paperback, Mass Market, 1991
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Raison D'Etre: The Balloon
John GotimerLibrary of AmericaAnn Beattie shares a close reading of Donald Barthelme’s characteristically paradoxical (and surprisingly topical) story “The Balloon” (included in LOA’s Barthelme edition) in @LitHub: “It’s an intimate story, and in it, he spies on himself.” https://t.co/0OaogUkwl3
Paperback, 2017
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Ray Bradbury: The Life of Fiction
Jonathan EllerLibrary of America*New* on our blog: An interview with Jonathan R. Eller, editor of our inaugural Ray Bradbury collection: “In [Bradbury's] view, to burn the book is to burn the author, and thereby destroy the essence of our humanity.” https://t.co/A8CHkWmRzn https://t.co/shCi5GQpID
Hardcover, 2004
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Color
Countee CullenLibrary of AmericaCountee Cullen’s 1925 debut collection “Color” made him, in the words of H. L. Mencken, “famous, like Byron, overnight.” A major poet, novelist, and playwright of the Harlem Renaissance, connected with Duke Ellington and Langston Hughes, he was born #OTD in 1903. https://t.co/omGFWmma5r
Paperback, 2021
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The Bell Jar
Sylvia PlathLibrary of AmericaStill time to enter today's @lithub giveaway! Mary Jane Ward's 1946 novel was an influence on Sylvia Plath’s “The Bell Jar” and Ken Kesey’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” https://t.co/IVvBFRbLRF
Paperback, 2005
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Bayou Folk (1894). By: Kate Chopin (World's Classics): Short fiction
Kate ChopinLibrary of AmericaKate Chopin wrote “The Story of an Hour,” her controversial masterwork of short fiction, #OTD in 1894. In it, Louise Mallard responds to the (premature) news of her husband’s death in a railroad accident with feelings of joyful liberation. We won’t spoil what happens next... https://t.co/78znZSNx32
Paperback, 2018
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue: And the Purloined Letter [With CD (Audio)]
Edgar Allan PoeLibrary of AmericaA scary good deal on Edgar Allan Poe: the LOA ebook edition of his Poetry & Tales—which includes “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” and many more classics—is on sale TODAY for $1.99. Click the links under “Buy the eBook” here: https://t.co/UGPCpkDjaR https://t.co/EyLi3eklI8
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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott FitzgeraldLibrary of AmericaThe Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age masterpiece, was published #OTD in 1925. Though originally a commercial disappointment, the novel gained popularity during World War II and by 1960 was selling 100,000 copies a year. https://t.co/ZK5Am5JuiB https://t.co/fY5JaQ2opk
Paperback, 2004
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